Transcript Does Fair Play Belong in High School Athletics?

Does Fair Play Belong in High
School Athletics?
Center for ETHICS*
David Hansen, Ph.D.
Sharon Kay Stoll, Ph.D. &
Jennifer M. Beller, Ph.D.
University of Idaho
Education and Fairplay…
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Can Ethics be Taught?
Environment
 Modeling
 Education
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Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
A Schematic of the process of moral education from learning to doing .....in Personal Morality
Learning Personal Morality
Past & Present Experiences.... Family, Friends, Teachers... Moral Instruction, moral reasoning...
Environment
Modeling
Informal Learning
Cognitive Dissonance
Formal Instruction
Moral Education
The Triad of Character Development*
Valuing
Knowing
*See, T. Lickona, Educating for Character
Copyright 1994, Sharon Kay Stoll, Ph.D.
Center for ETHICS*
Doing
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
Longitudinal Effect of Intervention &
Competition on University Age Athletes
Pretest/Posttest/Post Posttest LSM
on the HBVCI Scores
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98
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49
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72.2
65.3
62.1
Pretest
56.0
posttest
Significant Difference from pretest to posttest
and posttest p<.05
71.9
Course
Control
56.8
Post Posttest
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
A Combined View of Successful &
Unsuccessful Moral Reasoning
Methodologies
Pretest/Posttest LSM by Model on the
HBVCI
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62
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Pretest
Posttest
Model A
Model B
Model C
Model D
Model E
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
Problem with implementing
education
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Costly, money for for materials,
instruction, methodology.
Time Consuming – approximately
18 weeks, as per the Kohlbergian
Model.
Little to no research to support
education based on video
approach.
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
The Question: Could a
Training Model Affect
Reasoning?
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Training versus education
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Peter Arnold
What would happen with cognitive
knowledge through a short training
education program?
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
What this means…
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The concept of fair play can be
inspired in a short period of time.
Video programming appears to
positively affect appreciation of fair
play and sportsmanship.
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho